New Releases by Paul Taylor

James McPherson’s classic book For Cause & Comrades explained “why men fought in the Civil War”—and spurred countless other historians to ask and attempt to answer the same question. But few have explored why men did not fight. That’s the question Paul Taylor answers in this groundbreaking Civil War history that examines the reasons why at least 60 percent of service-eligible men in the North chose not to serve and why, to some extent, their communities allowed them to do so. Did these other men not feel the same patriotic impulses as their fellow citizens who rushed to the enlistment office? Did they not believe in the sanctity of the Union? Was freeing men held in chains under chattel slavery not a righteous moral crusade? And why did some soldiers come to regret their enlistment and try to leave the military? ’Tis Not Our War answers these questions by focusing on the thoughts, opinions, and beliefs of average civilians and soldiers. Taylor digs deep into primary sources—newspapers, diaries, letters, archival manuscripts, military reports, and published memoirs—to paint a vivid and richly complex portrait of men who questioned military service in the Civil War and to show that the North was never as unified in support of the war as portrayed in much of America’s collective memory. This book adds to our understanding of the Civil War and the men who fought—and did not fight—in it.

The reader is invited to consume this work of nonfiction with a mind open to the new idea that global environmentalism has devolved into Ecopolitics as a partisan political special interest in the 21st Century. Sadly, consensus science that solves real environmental problems has been replaced with pernicious political propaganda and demagoguery. And, the cost-benefit analyses necessary for prioritizing and solving environmental problems goes unmentioned in the issues of global climate change – unmentioned because such analyses are incalculable in today’s knowledge of climate science. This book is a rational synthesis of the massive, and often contradictory, volumes of information on global warming and climate change. This book cites numerous contemporary and credible experts on the issues of climate science and climate policy for a balanced assessment. The Author has dedicated his life to understanding and communicating the complexities, interrelationships, politics, sciences, economics and global significance manifested in environmental matters. Mr. Taylor has authored two prior book: “Green Gone Wrong” and “Climate of Ecopolitics.”

Have you experienced a life-changing event that began on the closet floor? Paul Taylor did. This singular event occurred late in the afternoon on Friday, March 6, 1987. The tranquility of the morning''s beauty shattered when Paul answered the phone. Shocked to hear his wife''s anguished words, "Mark has Down syndrome." he collapsed to the closet floor. So began Paul''s odyssey from despair to eventual gratitude for the gift Mark is. His wife''s words, the apparent harbinger of permanent darkness, would instead become the lighted beacon, beaming brightly, dispelling the blackness, and opening his eyes to one of his family’s choicest blessings. The road has not been easy. Those on a similar journey know the same. It taxes one to physical, mental, and emotional limits. But Paul would not trade his journey. Why? Because living with Mark helps Paul continually reassess his life. Several core concepts developed from this relationship: Mark''s positive influence teaches Paul to be a better person. Assisting Mark in his unique needs provides Paul the opportunity to look outward and be more observant of those around him who may need assistance. Mark''s life demonstrates spiritual lessons we need to learn for eternity. What will you find in Mark and Me? Paul writes as a father outlining his road of discovery, the challenges faced from Mark''s birth to today. Additionally, the book includes different but complementary voices from others who know Mark, which affirm the premise that those who are disabled influence people around them. Do not expect a guide on How to Raise a Child with Disabilities. Instead, it celebrates an individual life, one whose disabilities are unique gifts to bless the lives around him. A more accurate title might read, How to Train the Father of a Child with Disabilities. The book will engage the reader with more than 80 stories, vignettes, and lessons, which are funny, poignant, surprising, scary, profound, and spiritual. Read the Snow Cave chapter where Paul and Mark were buried in a collapsed high mountain snowbank, and when Paul, believing they would undoubtedly die, was overcome by multiple waves of Divine love that words are inadequate to express. Read how: Mark''s purchase of a Santa Claus suit developed into a much larger story touching not only those directly involved but others who followed on Facebook.: Mark''s definition of "favorite," which means everyone, has taught Paul to judge less by the outer trappings and see people as Mark does without judgment. Mark''s definition of "hurry," which is limited to one speed only, teaches Paul to slow down, observe, and enjoy people, situations, and circumstances that he would usually not notice. Mark demonstrates qualities we can incorporate into our daily interactions more fully. How different would life be if we all adopted more of the qualities manifested by Mark and his peers? Beyond these beautiful qualities, there is an even greater one. Mark demonstrates the virtues we must refine to enjoy eternal life. Mark''s barber summarized this by saying, "Mark is where God is trying to bring the rest of us."

This book provides an overview of emerging technologies within Financial Services to allow firms to understand their real benefits and how to pragmatically implement them for maximum benefit. Financial Services and Technology (FinTech) have collaborated for decades with mutual benefit, and it is not unreasonable to expect this co-operation to continue, especially with the development of emerging technologies. However, both industries are facing challenges. Financial Services suffer from regulation, client, and risk pressures. Emerging technologies suffer from their inherent complexity and implementation challenges. It is imperative that Financial Services’ firms understand emerging technologies to ensure they are implemented effectively to support both current business and future challenges. This book takes a pragmatic and critical review of Emerging Technologies exploring What the technologies are? How they can be used? How they can be implemented pragmatically? How they could help address future challenges? This book provides an overview of emerging technologies within Financial Services to allow firms to understand their real benefits and how to pragmatically implement them for maximum benefit.

This book compares two major leisure activities – watching sport and engaging with art. It explores a range of philosophical questions that arise when sport and art are placed side by side: The works of Shakespeare, Rembrandt and Mozart have continued to fill playhouses, galleries and concert halls for centuries since they were created, while our interest in even the most epic sporting contests fades after just a few years, or even a single season. What explains this difference? Sporting contests are merely games. So why do sports fans attach such great importance to whether their team wins or loses? Do sporting contests have meaning in the way works of art do? Beauty is a central value in art. Is it important in sport? What role does morality play in sport and art? What value do sport and art contribute to the world and to the meaning of people’s lives?

Stereochemistry is an important concept that often causes confusion amongst students when they learn it for the first time. In this book we deal with tricky concepts like conformation and configuration, how to represent them accurately and how to use the correct terms to describe them in both organic and inorganic chemistry.

Part of the authoritative Oxford Textbooks in Psychiatry series, Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry, Third Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the developments in old age psychiatry since publication of the Second Edition in 2013, and remains an essential reference for anyone interested in the mental health care of older people.

Young paranormal predator Atsali has fears of others judging her for her siren heritage, but her social awkwardness and shy nature work to hinder letting others get to know the real her. Prompted by her Aunt Jin, Atsali steps outside of her comfort zone, but will it all just end in disaster?

In the mid-1990s, the Onondaga Central Tigers were on the brink of extinction. Contemplating retirement, coach Paul Taylor faced the low point of his career. After years of decline, the football program at Onondaga Central High School in Upstate New York had so few eligible players that they couldn’t finish the season. It took grit, commitment, and inspired leadership for the team just to hang on and start the long climb back. And then, in 2000, the miracle they needed arrived: an undersized ninth-grade transfer who already had a reputation as a standout running back—Michael Hart. Seven years later, Hart was on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a contender for the Heisman Trophy, college football’s most coveted award. Through the eyes of Hart’s coach and mentor, When Tigers Streak follows the young running back as he sets more than a dozen state and national records during a stunning high school career. Along with Hart’s rise, the memoir chronicles a coach’s path from despair to victory, the resurgence of a football program in a tight-knit blue-collar community, and the individual triumphs, heartbreaks, and tragedies that unfold along the way. When Tigers Streak makes a case for Michael Hart as the greatest running back in the history of high school football—and serves as an inspirational tale for any young athletes aspiring to be their best.

A daring art theft in Paris leaves law enforcement agencies around the world asking one baffling question: "What do you do with five priceless works of art that you cannot sell?" Enter William Forbes, Art Loss Register Investigator, desperate to discover the fate of the paintings. But soon he discovers he is not alone in his search for the truth. Enquiries lead him to Sotheby''s employee, Senga Monroe, who is at the very heart of a breaking fraud scandal involving her former lover. A man keen to silence the lovely Senga once and for all. With a price on her head, Senga has bought an ancient Roman Helmet, as a peace offering. But to raise the cash, she had to sell a forgery to LeCoyte Chellen, the very man, Forbes believes responsible for the Paris theft. New friends, old enemies, and a sadistic killer make this a mission Forbes will never forget. As time runs out, the odds for survival grow longer, until Forbes is forced to take the ultimate gamble.

A young paranormal predator and her fellow adopted sister try their best to settle into a new life under the guidance of Katherine, the Men in Black, and some very powerful aunts.

The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past. America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use. Today''s Millennials -- well-educated, tech savvy, underemployed twenty-somethings -- are at risk of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meantime, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every single day, most of them not as well prepared financially as they''d hoped. This graying of our population has helped polarize our politics, put stresses on our social safety net, and presented our elected leaders with a daunting challenge: How to keep faith with the old without bankrupting the young and starving the future. Every aspect of our demography is being fundamentally transformed. By mid-century, the population of the United States will be majority non-white and our median age will edge above 40 -- both unprecedented milestones. But other rapidly-aging economic powers like China, Germany, and Japan will have populations that are much older. With our heavy immigration flows, the US is poised to remain relatively young. If we can get our spending priorities and generational equities in order, we can keep our economy second to none. But doing so means we have to rebalance the social compact that binds young and old. In tomorrow''s world, yesterday''s math will not add up. Drawing on Pew Research Center''s extensive archive of public opinion surveys and demographic data, The Next America is a rich portrait of where we are as a nation and where we''re headed -- toward a future marked by the most striking social, racial, and economic shifts the country has seen in a century.

A wrench has been thrown into the comfortable Minneapolis neighborhood of Wapsi Square. Monica Villarreal, a young and skeptical museum anthropologist crosses paths with an Aztec deity and all cards are thrown to the wind. More than questioning her own sanity she slowly begins to question the world around her and the very history books that she holds sacred. Helping keep Monica grounded are her friends; Amanda, a motherly but cynical professional photographer, Shelly, a tough tomboy yet girly-girl mechanic and Daren the sage bartender at the local pub. Through a blend of humor and macabre undertones, enter the world of Wapsi Square and leave the reality you know at the door.

Book 7 in the wapsi Square series. Monica discovers more than she bargained on in a trip to the Library, and Shelly learns just what she gained and lost while in the Time Forest.

Recruited primarily from the gentle farmlands of central New York, the men of the Twenty-Sixth New York Volunteer Infantry were among the first to answer their nation''s call during the Civil War. Death soon wrapped its cold arms around the regiment, whose losses were great. More often than not the Twenty-Sixth was placed in difficult or impossible tactical situations, which resulted in their being forced to leave the field in disorder. They did their best. This work covers the regiment''s entire two-year term of enlistment from May 1861 to May 1863. It draws upon numerous unpublished letters and diaries from the collections of individuals, private libraries and public institutions, as well as contemporary newspapers and obscure government documents. Appendices cover the order of command within campaigns and post assignments. Also included is a regimental roster listing the 1,182 men who served in the Twenty-Sixth.

A one-time limited printing of 1,000 copies, this new book features a major dance of Paul Taylor’s per page – 59 in all – with a beautiful full-color photo for each. This beautiful tribute is filled with commentary by dance experts Robert Gottlieb and Susan Carbonneau, and additional text by Paul’s most famous dancers, and by Paul himself, including a letter from Paul to his dancers in 1974, published for the first time. The book is a 9’ x 12” paperback with French flap covers, and the front cover is a dramatic all-black matte cover.

The book examines the experiences of Irish soldiers returning from the Great War to the part of Ireland that became the Irish Free State covering the period from the Armistice to 1939.

Ontario’s health care system can feel like a maze. In response, some hospitals have introduced patient navigators, who act as guides through the labyrinth of health care services. They help connect patients with the right doctors, resources and therapies, and get answers to patients’ questions. In 2012, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Healthy Debate launched the Personal Health Navigator blog. Over the past few years, we''ve answered nearly 100 patient questions. In collaboration with our Citizens’ Advisory Council, we have selected 33 of the best articles for this free e-book. They span a variety of topics, from family doctors to cancer and surgery.

A chronicle of Civil War activity in Florida, both land and sea maneuvers. For each engagement the author includes excerpts from official government reports by officers on both sides of the battle lines. Also a guide to Civil War sites you can visit. Includes photos and maps. Sites include: Fort Pickens, Natural Bridge Battlefield State Historic Site, Fort Clinch State Park, Olustee Battlefield, Suwannee River State Park, Castillo de San Marcos, Bronson-Mulholland House, Cedar Key Island Hotel, Gamble Plantation, Yulee Sugar Mill Ruins State Historic Site, Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site, Fort Jefferson State Historic Site.

Detective sergeant Paul Mackenzie of the Durban Police Department arrives in London determined to solve the mystery surrounding his detective brothers death. Matthew Simon Richardson is a member of the British aristocracy who travels the world as a gun for hire, a sniper whose one motivation in life is the chase and the kill. The South African is the story of two men born on the same day, six thousand miles apart, whose lives become interwoven as one seeks the truth and the other his raison d''tre.

''The Gustav Holst Way'' is the first guidebook to describe the 35-mile rambling route across the Cotswolds to celebrate the life and work of the composer Gustav Holst. Published exactly 100 years after Holst began work on The Planets, the route visits many of the places that were important to the young Holst as his musical career took wing. Among the highlights are the house in Cheltenham where he was born (now the Holst Birthplace Museum) and several venues in the Cotswolds where he played, conducted and taught music. The richly illustrated guidebook divides the walk into five easy/moderate sections (with four optional detours) and includes detailed maps, points of historical interest and all the practical information you need to follow in Gustav Holst''s footsteps from Cranham to Wyck Rissington. The Holst Birthplace Museum Gustav Holst, one of England''s greatest composers, was born in a Regency terraced house in Cheltenham in 1874. The house has been carefully restored and converted into a ''living museum'' that captures the atmosphere of the era, both above and below stairs. The most eye-catching of the museum''s collection of 3,000 items is the piano on which Holst composed The Planets, as popular as ever nearly 100 years after it was published. Step inside the Museum and see the piano Holst used to compose The Planets. Find out how he developed into a world-class composer by examining and listening to original manuscripts written when he was a schoolboy in Cheltenham. "

An anthology of Christian short stories, with a fantasy or science fiction feel to them.

Readers interested in American history, Civil War history, or the ethnic history of Detroit will appreciate the full picture of the time period Taylor presents in "Old Slow Town."

The Art of Recruitment...Some people say they havethe best job in the world, and some say the worst job,most often in both cases someone recruited them. Findout why things don''t always go well in the job worldby studying The Art of Recruitment. Join the variouscandidates, Snellgroves the employer, and the staff atNorfolk and Chance Recruitment Agency. Everycartoon has been lovingly crafted by an old recruiterhimself, many based on real life experiences.

Feedback from my previous book -The Art of Recruitment, has made me realise that the bizarre behaviour experienced by many in the recruitment stage of your career is only the beginning. Once you have your feet under the desk, all manner of psychotic types are revealed to you- bullies, thieves, backstabbers, lovers, liars and the truly weird, and they all work in your office. Also, please don''t forget the golden rule that all offices have at least one nutter who goes around upsetting people, so if it isn''t any of your co-workers, then it must be You!

Throughout their careers, social work students and practitioners need to demonstrate an understanding of critical and reflective practice. The Professional Capabilities Framework sets out how newly-qualified social workers can achieve this, and become ′critical practitioners′ who are able to make decisions in fast-moving situations. This book is a complete guide for those practitioners who wish to engage with action learning as a way of developing critically reflective practice. The authors use Action Learning to explore fundamental aspects of good social work including for example person centred and anti-oppressive practice. The notions of social and emotional intelligence and being critically reflective are also explored in the context of action learning. This book is practical, skills-based and essential reading for all social workers who wish to extend their understanding and knowledge.

Witty and whimsical writings about the dance of life by the legendary choreographer. This wonderful new book by one of the preeminent dancers and choreographers consists of a range of pieces of fact and fiction that run from thoughts on friendliness and country living to animosity and city life. Taylor’s first book since his autobiography (Private Domain, 1995, Alfred A. Knopf) is a romp through his playful mind, with chapter titles such as: Why I Make Dances, The Redheaded Spiritualist, Martha Close Up, Clytemnestra, How to Tell Ballet from Modern, and In the Marcel Proust Suite of L’Hotel Continental. “No other dancer ever looked like Paul Taylor, that strapping, elastic, goofy hunk of a guy, and no one else’s dance works look like his either—not the deep, dark ones or the zany ones or the uplifting ones. His vocabulary, his tone are unique and unmistakable. The same thing is true, it turns out, about his writing. His style is utterly his own, and like all real style it isn’t a calculated voice but a reflection of the way his quirky mind works.” —From the foreword by Robert Gottlieb “Taylor has not cultivated one writing persona, but has unleashed a raft of voices in a raft of forms: travesty, comedy, fiction, essay, satire, allegory, poetry, fable, epistle. While many of these selections are humorous, as anyone familiar with Taylor’s choreography knows, even in the sunniest of his dances, there are often threatening clouds on the horizon. And the canny Taylor recognizes when to swap his Janus masks for maximum emotional wallop.” —From the introduction by Suzanne Carbonneau

Estelle Stanforth has one burning ambition in life - to become a doctor. Nothing is allowed to come between her and her quest, and both men and the war raging around her are put to the back of her mind as she relentlessly pursues her goal. Then one day she meets the man of her dreams, Duncan Metcalf, a farmer''s son who has two passions in life - the family farm and flying. The two young lovers are untouched by the tragedies of war until Duncan decides to take up the fight and joins the RAF. Estelle''s idyllic world comes crashing down around her as first her father is killed in action and then Duncan is shot down and seriously injured. Having quit medical school to look after her bereaved mother, she finds herself embroiled in a daily battle for her husband''s sanity as together they fight his despair and the pain of his crippled body. When Robins Sing is the story of a young woman in wartime Britain whose incredible tenacity and infectious personality carry her and her loved ones through all adversity into a new dawn.

Reminiscent of the recent popular movie The Perfect Storm, today''s culture is being inundated with a plethora of events that have left it in a daze. Wars, rumors of wars, earthquakes, famines, and a general sense of evil triumphing, have caused both the religious and the secular to ask serious questions about what is happening. Enter: the new theology of the Bible, which is really no new theology at all. Paul Taylor has very succinctly laid out the biblical understandings of these times, by taking the reader back to the book of beginnings, Genesis, to expose the real personage behind the new answers being offered. Indeed, as he has shown, this no time to be motivated by seeking one''s own preferred answers.

The 5th installment in the Wapsi square books and follows our heroines in the "down time" after their latest death-defying escapade.